Colonia Storm Tour

"This is something that should be discussed in the meeting room. We also need to talk about these things with Woodman of our ally Ratatosk. We'll discuss those things together in the meeting room."

Lin Haiyuan did not intend to hold such an important meeting directly in Medical Room 0.

“Tell Ratatosk about this?! Doesn’t that mean we’ll expose to Ratatosk your obviously abnormal and illogical behavior, Chief Lin?”

Xiao Yuanxun immediately expressed his doubts and confusion about this.

"I didn't say that I was using Artemisia's body to talk to the people of Ratatosk. The Walker AI has already prepared a nanobot that looks exactly like me and is waiting in the conference room. I will stand next to the nanobot that looks exactly like me and secretly control it to speak. Even if the Ratatosk side asks, I will say that I joined the Foehn after learning about DEM's anti-human and anti-civilization secrets through political and ideological education, and that I chose to fight against DEM and eliminate the threat they pose to humanity forever."

Lin Haiyuan wasn't foolish enough to directly confess and announce it to Ratatosk.

This tactic of using nanobots to disguise themselves as humans was used by the Empire of the Rising Sun in the world of Ragnarok Online 3.

There will be two updates today...

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Chapter 59 The Point of Divergence (III)

When the first mobile base vehicle (MAR) flying the flag of the Rising Sun Empire rolled ashore during the Battle of Green Island, Allied personnel realized a tragedy was about to unfold. Senior military intelligence officers argued heatedly, arguing that it was impossible for the Japanese to have developed their own MAR so quickly after the Allies publicly revealed their secret vehicle; there must have been a mole within their ranks. After a painstaking investigation, agents traced a videotape showing Traxton stealing detailed technical files on the Allied MAR from a German laboratory and sending them to an enemy ship waiting near the shore (later identified as a Spear-class mini-submarine). A military court sentenced Traxton to spend the rest of his life in a high-security prison.

It wasn't until Allied scientists uncovered another war mystery—an advanced Imperial encryption program nicknamed "Wishing Flower"—that the jumbled, meaningless words began to make sense. The Allies had intercepted a massive amount of Imperial encrypted intelligence during the war, but most of it remained dormant in databases due to its inability to be deciphered. After "Wishing Flower" was cracked, a special Allied intelligence unit was formed to piece together and reconstruct the scattered Imperial intelligence. A year and a half after the project began, they decrypted a set of communications that briefly described a terrifying story.

The Empire of the Rising Sun deployed a highly realistic robot, a perfect replica of Traxton, to steal intelligence from Allied vehicles. They also used three other androids to extensively observe Traxton's daily behavior, collecting all personal, professional, and private data to create a convincing imitation. Once preparations were complete, these robots pretended to be short of Traxton for a card game, while the imposter stole Traxton's cipher card, completing the intelligence theft. Afterwards, the Empire's high command ordered all robots to initiate self-destruct procedures, destroying all evidence of the deception, including Traxton's alibi—one set of remains was found in a warehouse fire, but at the time, no one knew its true origin.

When the Allied military first received the latest report that Traxton had been unknowingly involved in a treason plot, they burst into laughter, believing that such a plot could not possibly succeed under the watchful eyes of the Allies. However, another set of deciphered communications revealed that a similar operation had taken place on the Soviet side, thus confirming the matter. Unfortunately, Maxim Novikov died in a concentration camp in Siberia before he could clear his name.

Not only did Rising Sun steal technology and play with nanobots, but they also pulled off an unbelievable switch of the US president. In the Madman Monument level, we see the shocking fact that President Howard Ackerman is actually a nanobot of the Rising Sun Empire. The real President Howard Ackerman had already died in an assassination attempt by imperial assassins.

Aside from having to lament the incompetence of Allied intelligence agents, one can't help but admire the masterful tactics employed by the Empire of the Rising Sun with its nanobots.

Now it's finally Lin Haiyuan's Burning Wind's turn to play the same tricks that the Rising Sun Empire used, only this time it's playing them on itself...

“……………………”

Everyone stared blankly at their leader. They racked their brains but never imagined that nanodrones could be used like this!

Lin Haiyuan glanced at them and simultaneously used his mental power to stimulate them, bringing them back to their senses.

"So nanodrones can also be used to create an identical dummy that's indistinguishable from the real thing. This seems highly feasible, but..."

After thinking for a while, Xingfeng Shiyu looked at Lin Haiyuan and said, "But if it's just Chief Lin Haiyuan, it doesn't seem very convincing."

“I had already considered that point. Otherwise, why would I have asked the Overlord Squad to spare the lives of those female DEM magicians whose time was stopped?”

The reason Lin Haiyuan specifically said he wanted to spare the DEM Magician's life when he triggered the Walker.com AI's Time Shield system during the fall was for these reasons.

"Ah! Is that so!"

Xue Lianshan suddenly realized that after hearing Lin Haiyuan's explanation, he finally understood the purpose of the order.

"However, Chief Lin, those female magicians from DEM are currently in a coma due to the sedatives and stasis rays after the time stop ended. Even if they can understand people's speech when they wake up, they probably won't accept our political commissar's ZZSXXC and ZZSXJY work."

Xingfeng Shiyu felt that the resistance of those DEM magicians to Fenfeng would be exceptionally strong, making ideological work difficult. Moreover, the current situation in Fenfeng probably didn't give the political commissars enough time to persuade those magicians to serve them.

"There isn't enough time for the political commissars to get started, so the task of persuading those magicians can be left to me, who is now the deputy minister of the Second Executive Department of DEM, in the guise of Artemisia. As for how many magicians Ratatosk lost, we can return as many reliable magicians as they lost. If Ratatosk has any objections, we can provide monetary compensation. We, the Burning Wind, don't lack money."

All the high-ranking officials of Fenfeng knew about Lin Haiyuan's method of obtaining Franklin after the meeting with Ratatosk in the conference room of the previous Keelung barracks.

But this doesn't mean Lin Haiyuan will let them be extravagant in this regard. On the contrary, they need to be even more careful with their spending. This trend of extravagance and waste cannot start with them. If we don't take precautions from the beginning, it will be difficult to correct later.

"But if we don't want those DEM magicians Ratatosk, or if we have extra DEM magicians, are we going to build a magician force to fight against DEM?"

Xue Lianshan inquired, saying that he had already learned about the possible follow-up work from Lin Haiyuan's words.

"Even if the Ratatosk side takes away the DEM magicians to replenish the losses, we still have fifteen DEM magicians available for our use, and we can be fully incorporated into the special assault brigade."

It was a done deal that Lin Haiyuan intended to establish a magician squad under the special assault brigade.

The Storm God Squad, the first detachment of the Special Assault Brigade, consists of Kaul, Ling Yunrong, Li Yang, and Yu Xiao. Their Super Thor Gunship is undoubtedly the main air force of the Special Assault Brigade.

The second squad is the Dominator Squad. The Mastodon tank crew consists of Arkady, Boris, Antip, and Iris; the Crocodile vehicle crew consists of Wushan Yu and Yun Xuewu; the Raccoon jamming vehicle crew consists of Li Liqi; the Enrager support vehicle crew consists of Hou Dexing; the Phantom Rocket Launcher crew consists of Jiang Zelin; and [Morales] Peng Zhanluo and [Volkov] Zhao Erjun are purely infantry who can fight in vehicles.

The third squad will be the future magician unit, expected to consist of 15 magicians.

"There are no problems with staffing, but how should salaries be stipulated? Equipment and training issues need to be resolved."

Xue Lianshan raised the above questions.

"I have the training methods here. As for the salary and other issues, they will all be resolved later. There will be a copy of the memory recorder and a copy of the file corresponding to yours."

Lin Haiyuan tapped his temple with his finger. Actually, he still needed to work with Hua Zhizi to come up with a new and suitable training plan for magicians.

"Understood. So, should we produce our own equipment or buy it from Ratatosk? But I really dislike this practice of buying from foreign compradors who believe it's better to buy than to build."

As an officer in charge of logistics and training, Xue Lianshan understood very well how troublesome it was for the army and logistics to be dependent on others for equipment.

“We can produce it ourselves. Now that Fenfeng has obtained all the construction blueprints and technical data of DEM’s CR-UNIT and display devices, there is no reason why we cannot produce it ourselves and have to buy it.”

Hoshikaze Tokiyu is a supporter of the domestically produced CR-UNIT.

“I also support self-production. I think that if Foehn relies on Ratatosk for CR-UNIT and display devices, it could very well evolve into an organization or country similar to DEM controlled by the company.”

Dai Hong also agreed to produce CR-UNIT and display devices domestically, based on the lessons learned from the United States and DEM.

"Comrades, you need to pay attention to this: not all CR-UNITs are suitable for these DEM magicians. The higher the performance of the CR-UNIT, the greater the burden on the human body. These non-superhuman DEM magicians cannot use the high-performance CR-UNITs in the DEM database. They would probably become useless after using them for more than ten minutes, and the construction cost is staggering. Therefore, we need to introduce the AW-110 [Herok] and AW-111 [Brynhild] CR-UNITs from Ratatosk. These are the only CR-UNITs that are suitable for DEM magicians to fully utilize their strength without wasting their power and CR-UNIT performance. The DEMW-Ca/valry commonly equipped by DEM magicians is inferior to the AW-110 [Herok] and cannot fully utilize the magicians' abilities."

Lin Haiyuan hadn't actually mentioned that those ordinary DEM magicians who were supposed to stay and be persuaded by political propaganda had to undergo Archer-level genetic modification and enhancement. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to use Herok based on their physical attributes alone. Moreover, even after undergoing Archer-level genetic modification and enhancement, they would only just have the ability to control and fully utilize the AW-110.

The main reason for doing this is to maximize the endurance and survivability of these DEM magicians who have joined the Foehn winds, just like the mechanical powered exoskeletons worn by the Iron Cavalry.

As for AW-111 [Brynhildr], it is for Lin Haiyuan, who is currently using Artemisia's body, to use himself. The reason for not continuing to use Lancelot is that, in addition to keeping Artemisia's Lancelot as a backup for the worst-case scenario, that is, to provide repairs for Nirvash or to replace Nirvash in battle if Nirvash is severely damaged and cannot be used, it is also a tribute to Rowan.

Her death was something Lin Haiyuan couldn't let go of, because he hadn't been able to fulfill his promise to her: to try and extract her spirit crystal to see if she could return to normal. If she did, they could live the life she wanted. His lack of understanding of the Babel Tower manifestation device led her to risk her life for Fenfeng. If the current situation allowed, he would have immediately had a monument erected in Luo Wen's hometown in her memory, so that her Valkyrie and angelic deeds would be sung and praised forever. Even though she had said before that she was just a coward, in the end she truly became a brave and fearless hero who sacrificed herself for her country and people.

Now, all she can do is take good care of her parents and, when she has time, let her back-to-her-original-body self comfort and visit them.

He also wanted to comfort her close friends, including Peng Zhanluo, Zhao Erjun, Hou Dexing, Li Liqi, Wu Shanyu, and Yun Xuewu, who were also members of the Dominator Squad, and join them in mourning Luo Wen.

"Moreover, if we simply present the fact that we have all the CR-UNIT and display device data of DEM, and then exchange some of the data that Ratatosk wants to know for the construction blueprints and all the technical data of Herok and Brunhilde, we can produce Herok and Brunhilde ourselves without any problem, so that we will not be subject to Ratatosk."

Lin Haiyuan believed that as long as Woodman of Ratatosk wasn't senile, he certainly wouldn't miss the opportunity to learn about his opponent's accumulated knowledge over the years.

Would Ratatosk really agree to such a deal?

Hoshikaze Shiyu was still somewhat skeptical that Ratatosk would so easily sell the construction blueprints and technical data for the AW-110 and AW-111, which were clearly the latest CR-UNIT models.

"If they are the kind of business fools who don't know how to sell while the iron is hot and maximize profits, we can continue to use the modified DEM Ca/valry or the tactical display unit of the partially modified AST."

Lin Haiyuan is not her magician unit, nor does she need Ratatosk to provide Herok and Brunhilde; she can continue using Lancelot.

However, we need to try modifying the Ca/valry of DEM or the tactical display unit of AST.

"We understand. When will the meeting begin, Chief Lin?"

Xue Lianshan asked in a statement.

"Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, I still have a lot to do today. Now that you've confirmed that I'm alright, you can all go and do your own things. You all know what you're supposed to do."

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he got up from his office chair.

"Uh, we understand. Chief Lin Haiyuan, is it alright for you to go out looking like this?"

Hoshikaze Tokiyu gently reminded her to pay attention to her appearance and clothing.

"I will solve this problem myself."

Lin Haiyuan had already instructed Walker.com AI to prepare the necessary items.

"Oh, right, Chief Lin Haiyuan! I have another question..."

Xue Lianshan became rather nauseatingly awkward as she finished speaking.

"Why are you acting like a girl, all grown man? Speak up if you have a problem."

Lin Haiyuan frowned as he looked at the burly man in front of him, who was acting coy and like a bear.

"It's about the marriage issues of the soldiers in the army. Some soldiers have expressed that they want to find a girlfriend or wife."

After speaking, Xue Lianshan coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment.

Lin Haiyuan had initially promised to solve the problems of some of the bachelors, but now that things have settled down for the time being, they've started thinking about finding a woman during their free time from training and patrols.

"There will be a matchmaking event in another place in three weeks. Sign everyone up now and compile a list. Then, train the guys on the list to death so they don't get any ideas, understand?"

Lin Haiyuan shook his head after speaking.

"Yes, sir!"

Xue Lianshan saluted Lin Haiyuan and then left.

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he glanced at Dai Hong and asked, "Comrade Dai Hong, have the air force soldiers raised any related questions?"

"Uh, yes."

Dai Hong nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Train them to death. The navy and air force will be launching large-scale military operations, and they won't have time to have romance like the army."

Lin Haiyuan also wanted to enjoy the same treatment as the Navy and Air Force.

"Yes, sir!"

After saluting Lin Haiyuan, Dai Hong left. If Lin Haiyuan said that, the soldiers would accept it. After all, since there was a battle to fight, they could only put aside their personal feelings for the time being and focus on surviving and achieving victory.

Lin Haiyuan finally looked at Xiao Yuanxun and Yuwen Fei, who were serving in the navy, and asked, "Do you have any questions?"

"No, we will do a good job of addressing the soldiers' concerns."

Yuwen Fei had already realized that if there were large-scale military operations, the blind date and matchmaking event would be out of the question.

"I will intensify the training of the naval soldiers."

Xiao Yuanxun and Yuwen Fei saluted Lin Haiyuan and then left.

"Chief Lin, I'd like to ask your nanobot avatar to give a speech to appease the public. The public needs to hear your voice and see you in person to achieve the best appeasement effect. Here is also a list of people who have tried to collude with and bribe our Fenfeng personnel. What should we do with those people?"

Xingfeng Shiyu blinked and looked at Lin Haiyuan, who was using Artemisia's body.

"There aren't any people here who can't resist the temptation of sweet words, are there?"

Lin Haiyuan's brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again.

"No, Chief Lin, thanks to our strict policies, they were all commendable and refused. They even reported the names and intentions of those who colluded and bribed us afterwards."